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Got to love plan leak

A draft European Commission proposal to overhaul the EU gas market introduces new rights for consumers to choose their supplier but stops short of setting the targets demanded by industry to ramp up the consumption of renewable and low-carbon gases.

The leaked package, obtained by EURACTIV, consists of a directive setting out EU-wide rules for the internal market in natural gas and regulation on access to gas transmission networks.

The proposal, which is still subject to change before its presentation on 14 December, aims to steer the market towards low-carbon and renewable alternatives to fossil gas which needs to be phased out by 2050 to reach the EU’s climate neutrality goal.

“The European Green Deal puts the EU on a path to climate neutrality by 2050, which requires significantly higher shares of renewable energy sources in an integrated energy system,” says a cost-benefit analysis of the proposal prepared by the European Commission.

“While the share of natural gas will decrease progressively, biomethane, synthetic methane and hydrogen are expected to become more relevant,” the document adds link